Platte Valley Airpark is a public-use

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three miles northwest of

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, United States. It is privately owned by Platte Valley Airpark Ltd. and is northeast of

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Facilities

Platte Valley Airpark covers and has two

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s: * 15/33: 4,100 x 40 ft (1,250 x 12 m): asphalt * 9/27: 2,500 x 90 ft (762 x 27 m): turf/gravel In 2005 the airport had 4,100 aircraft operations, average 11 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. 78 aircraft are based at this airport: 96% single engine and 4% multi-engine.

Data

Navigation

*VOR 114.7 (MILE HIGH) .... GPS no .... ILS no

Runway

*Lights MIRL .... VGSI none .... App Lgts none .... Taxiway dirt soft when wet

Communication

*CTAF/UNICOM 122.9 .... Lights 122.9 and 5 clicks

Contact information

*Facility manager phone 303-536-0380

Services

*TSNT Storage hangars and tiedowns *Fuel 100LL, MOGAS, and self-service, 24-hour credit card *Public phone and computerized WX planning in FBO *Aircraft and hangar rentals *Instructional services

Accidents and incidents

On September 18, 2022, a Sonex airplane that took off from the air-park with one person, its pilot, collided in Boulder County with a Cessna 172 that had taken off from the Rocky Mountain Airport with two persons on board, its pilot in-training and a teacher pilot. Both airplanes crashed and were destroyed on impact, killing all three people on board them.

References

* 2007-2008

Airport Directory, Colorado Division of Aeronautics, CDOT, 5126 Front Range Parkway,

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External links

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